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The US has scaled down its aid to Africa but kept supporting and funding for the Lobito corridor which will give its industry access to rare minerals, key to the energy transition. The Lobito Corridor is a major trans-African infrastructure project designed to connect the mineral-rich regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and […]
Severe austerity measures imposed by international financial institutions on some of the poorest African countries led to public spending cuts, which affected the wages of teachers and health workers in particular, ActionAid said. Teachers across Africa are bearing the brunt of austerity, losing up to 50% of their real income over five years, while nearly […]
As part of the Morocco-U.S. military cooperation in disaster management, an exercise to counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) took place on Tuesday at the military port of Agadir. This operation is part of the joint Moroccan-American African Lion 2025. The exercise is primarily focused on the conduct of reconnaissance operations, the neutralization of improvised […]
Following months of consistent military advances against its paramilitary rival, Sudan’s army chief on Monday, May 19, named Kamil al-Taib Idris as the nation’s first Prime minister since the civil war broke out in the country two years ago. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the military, has long praised Kamil al-Taib Idris for taking […]
Attijariwafa bank’s Club Afrique Développement (CAD) successfully conducted its 41st multisector mission in Egypt on May 14-15, 2025. Organized in partnership with Attijariwafa bank Egypt, the event brought together over 300 top economic and institutional decision-makers from 12 African countries, reinforcing the Club’s pivotal role in developing intra-African trade. The mission attracted delegates from Cameroon, […]
A high-level parliamentary delegation from Ghana is visiting Morocco to foster parliamentary cooperation ties with the Kingdom and look into ways of boosting trade exchanges and partnership in agriculture, air transportation, education, employment, and sustainable development. Led by Chairperson of the foreign Affairs Committee Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, the delegation held on Monday in Rabat separate […]
A group of military instructors from Burkina-Faso have benefited from a training session held lately in Morocco to enhance further their capabilities in military security. The training shows the growing defense cooperation between Morocco and the West African nation. Last week, the Burkinabe delegation visited the Moroccan Directorate of Military History. They were briefed on […]
Moroccan web hosting pioneer Nindohost has announced a strategic expansion into 13 African countries, marking a significant milestone in its development. Building on nearly two decades of experience in Morocco, the company will now extend its cloud hosting and cybersecurity solutions to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South […]
Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has voiced “deep concern” over the recent deadly armed clashes in Libya’s capital, Tripoli. The head of the AU Commission emphasized, in a statement released over the weekend, the significance of demilitarizing Tripoli, pointing to the armed conflicts that have caused fatalities and property damage. He […]
African economies face an urgent need for coordinated responses to inflation threats that could destabilize social equilibrium, according to the World Bank’s latest Africa’s Pulse report. While the continent’s median inflation rate decreased from 9.8% in 2022 to 4.2% in January 2025, significant disparities persist. The interquartile range of inflation rates has widened from 6% […]